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-'''Gora''' (or '''gaura''') is a [[South Asian]] adjective for a yellow-skinned or light-brown person, whether from [[India]], [[Pakistan]] or other regions. The word literally means "white" or "fair-skinned" in [[Indo-Aryan languages]] like [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] (Hindi-Urdu), and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. It also refers to [[Europeans]].
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-The word is typically not used by ethnic groups west of the Indus river ([[Pashtuns]], [[Balochis]] and several other ethic groups), because their languages are not Indo-Aryan, so lack the term "gora".  Also, the indigenous populations there are racially of [[mediterranean race|Mediterranean]] complexion, making them significantly fairer than ethnic groups east of the Indus river yet darker than Nordic complexion of northern Europeans.   Therefore, the term "farangi" is used instead to refer to British people and other Northern European nationalities.  Occasionally, a few Pashtuns, Baloch-Brahui, Dardic peoples (notably [[Kalash]]), [[Burusho people|Burushos]], and other groups in such regions may be born with a Nordic appearance and thus be colloquially called a Farangi or Gora with their appearance resembling Northern Europeans such as the British. Colloquially, they're considered to be proof European descendants from Alexander the great's Macedonian/Greek empire, however some deny this claim stating that ancient Greeks had the same [[Mediterranean]] complexion as the peoples related to proto-indo-iranians, and that Nordic appearence is notable for other ethnic groups living much north in Europe such as the proto-Germanic peoples.
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-Although the word distinctly means "yellowish", it is sometimes used informally to include any light-skinned person, whether light-brown, yellow or even white. In place names that date back to the colonial era - there are a number of graveyards in Pakistan such as the Gora Qabristan (the lighter-skinned graveyard) in [[Peshawar]],<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/050612/dmag7.htm A vanishing landmark]</ref> the Gora Kabrastan in [[Karachi]],<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/031002/review6.htm Grave business]</ref> as well as one in [[Chillianwala]], the site of a [[Battle of Chillianwala|famous battle]] involving the [[British East India Company]].<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/030824/dmag11.htm Battlefields of Chillianwallah]</ref>
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-According to the ''Natyasastra'', an Indian text, the term refers to "yellowish-reddish".<ref>''Studies in the Nāṭyaśāstra : with special reference to the Sanskrit drama in performance'', G.H. Tārḷekar, p. 138</ref> Because of Sri [[Chaitanya]] Mahaprabhu's explicitly yellow skin, he was termed "Gauranga".<ref>P. 52 ''Chaitanya Mahaprabhu'' By Prem Lata</ref>
-==Usage in Britain and among anglophones on the Subcontinent==
-The term ''gora'' is often used by [[British Asian]]s and among English-speaking South Asians in the Subcontinent to refer to [[white people]], the feminine form being '''''gori'''''.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/linguists-get-chuddies-in-twist-over-dialects-568408.html ''The Independent'', 1 April 2004]</ref>{{dead link|date=August 2012}} The plural term ''gore'' is also used to refer to white people of both genders. In this form it has taken on racial connotations so has acquired the status of a slur, though it is not inherently pejorative.
-==Usage in Sikhism==
-The term has been used to describe [[Sikh]]s of non-[[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] descent, especially [[White American]]s.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=YN9jC2_7UHYC&pg=PA985&lpg=PA985&dq=gora+sikhs+united+states&source=bl&ots=Bfint1_Hrt&sig=dEGyiSAjxd117ZpofR8cpYctX9I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VIcqUJ2YAoHA6AHB74GoDQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=gora%20sikhs%20united%20states&f=false</ref>
-==References==
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-==See also==
-[[Farangi]]
-[[Category:Ethnonyms]]
-[[Category:Human appearance]]
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